Bedstead.



No. 64l,542. Patented Ian. l6, I900.

A. DE PlNlEC-MALLET.

BEDSTEAD. (Application filed Oct. 4, 1899.)

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ADRIAN DE PINIEO-MALLET, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

BEDSTEAD.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 641,542, dated January 16, 1900.

Application filed October 4, 1899.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADRIAN DE PINIEC- MALLET, of the city of New York, (Bensonhurst,) borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in bedsteads which can be closed together to appear and to be used as a single bedstead, or be moved apart to form a double bedstead, or to allow of using the bedsteads separately one alongside the other in the same room or separately in different rooms.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement with the two bedsteads arranged for a double bed. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same with the bedsteads shoved together for a single bed. Fig. 3 is a plan View of part of the improvement, showing the interlocked corners of the bedsteads. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the two bedsteads arranged one alongside the other without being interlocked.

As illustrated in the drawings, two complete bedsteads A and B are provided, of which the bedstead A is provided with a head 0, having posts 0 0 connected with each other at their outer sides by a back 0 and the said bedsteadis also provided with a foot D, having posts D D likewise connected with each other at their outer sides by crossbars D The posts D G are removably connected with each other bya suitable rail E, of angle-iron, and the posts D O are similarly connected by a rail E. The rails E E are adapted to carry a mattress-support F, formed with a framework having angle-iron rails F F, connected with each other at the ends on the top by cross-bars F to which is secured a spring-mattress F, as is plainly Serial No. 732,476- (No model.)

illustrated in the drawings. The other bedstead B is similarly constructed and is provided with a head G, having posts G G connected with each other at their inner sides by a backG and said bedstead B is also provided with a foot H, having posts H H connected with each other at their inner sides by cross-bars H The posts H G are remo'vably connected with each other by angle-iron rails I, and similar rails 1 connect the posts 11 and G2 with each other. The rails I I are adapted to support rails J J of a mattresssupport J, having cross-bars J connecting the rails J J with each other at the ends thereof, and a spring-mattress J is secured to the cross-bars J As indicated in Fig. 2, the rails J J appear somewhat higher than the rails F F so that the cross-bars J 3 readily extend over the rail F of the mattress-support F, and the cross-bars J are somewhat less in height than the cross-bars F to allow the spring-mattress J to pass under the spring-mattress F as above mentioned.

When it is desired to form a double bed, the operator simply moves one bedsteadtransversely from the other until the posts H G abut against the posts D 0 respectively. When this takes place, the bedsteads A and B are extended in a transverse direction, as shown in Fig. 1, to form a double bed. It is understood that by arranging the backs O G on opposite sides of their respective posts the heads can be readily moved one upon the other in a transverse direction, one head forming a limitingstop to the transverse movement of the other head. The arrangement of the cross-bars D and H on the outside and inside of the respective posts allows a like transverse movement of the lower ends of the bedsteads, one foot forming a stop for the other when the two bedsteads are ex- .tended in the manner described. Whenit is desired to separate the bedsteadsto permit of using the same one alongside the other in the same room, as indicated in Fig. 4, or for using the bedstead separately in different rooms, then the bedsteads A and B are both knocked down in the usual manner by removing the mattress-supports and lifting the side rails from the head and the foot pieces, and then setting up each individual bedstead again, with the parts belonging to one bedstead separate from the parts belonging to the other bedstead, so that the two bedsteads can be used independently of each other.

The bedsteads are principally designed as iron bedsteads, and as each one is complete in itself it is evident that the bedsteads can be used separately in different rooms, if desired, or the bedsteads can be pushed together to form a single bedstead, as shown in Fig. 2, or extended to form a double bedstead, as illustrated in Fig. 1. By the arrangement described much valuable space in a room can be saved during the day when the bedsteads are not in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Two bedsteads movable relatively one to the other in a transverse direction to form either a single or double bed, ahead and foot post of one bedstead being in alinement with and movable between the head and foot posts respectively of the other bedstead, whereby the bedsteads will be interlocked and when arranged as a double bed, the head and foot posts of the bedsteads will abut against each other and prevent the bedsteads from being separated, as set forth.

2. Two bedsteads, one having its mattresssupport lower than the other and movable upon the same in a transverse direction, a head and foot post of one bedstead being in alinem cut with and movable between the head and foot posts respectively of the other bedstead, whereby the head and foot posts of the bedsteads will abut against each other to limit the movement of the bedsteads, one upon the other, as specified.

3. A bedstead,com prising a stationary bedstead, and a movable bedstead having its head and foot posts in alinement with the head and foot posts of the stationary bedstead, one head and foot post of the movable bedstead being between the head and foot posts respectively of the stationary bedstead, and the side rail of the said movable bedstead being between the side rails of the stationary bedstead, substantially as described.

4. Two complete bedsteads having an interlocking engagement and movable transversely one upon the other to form either a single bed or a double bed, one bedstead havin g a transverse connection between its posts on the outside, and the other bedstead having a transverse connection between its posts on the inside, substantially as shown and described.

5. Two complete bedsteads having an interlocking engagement and movable transversely one upon the other to form either a single bed or adouble bed, one bedstead having a transverse connection between its posts on the outside, and the other bedstead having a transverse connection between its posts on the inside, the posts of one bedstead being movable between the posts of the other bedstead, substantially as shown and described.

ADRIAN DE PINIEQMALLE".

Witnesses THEO. G. llosrnn, EVERARD BOLTON IWARS'HALL. 

